US 12,423,823 B2
Apparatus for analyzing a payload being transported in a load carrying container of a vehicle
Shahram Tafazoli Bilandi, Vancouver (CA); Saman Nouranian, North Vancouver (CA); Glen Richard Floyd Turner, Richmond (CA); Haobing Chu, Richmond (CA); Enoch Chow, Burnaby (CA); Saeed Karimifard, Vancouver (CA); and Mohammad Sameti, Coquitlam (CA)
Assigned to MOTION METRICS INTERNATIONAL CORP., Vancouver (CA)
Appl. No. 17/787,261
Filed by MOTION METRIC INTERNATIONAL CORP., Vancouver (CA)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CA2020/051729
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/119813, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/949,299, filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020799 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/174 (2017.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/11 (2017.01) [G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/174 (2017.01); G06T 7/593 (2017.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 2207/10021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for analyzing a payload being transported in a load carrying container of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
a camera disposed to successively capture images of vehicles traversing a field of view of the camera;
at least one processor in communication with the camera, the at least one processor being operably configured to select at least one image from the successively captured images in response to:
a likelihood of a vehicle and load carrying container being within the field of view in the at least one image; and
image data associated with the least one image meeting a suitability criterion for further processing, wherein the suitability criterion includes determining whether the vehicle and load carrying container is located completely within the field of view;
wherein the further processing comprises causing the at least one processor to:
process the selected at least one image to identify a payload region of interest within the image; and
generate a payload analysis within the identified payload region of interest based the image data associated with the least one image.